how to use lsof command with its examples

  • About lsof : To list open files
  • Comes From : “lsof-4.82” package.
  • Configuration Files:
  • Path : /usr/sbin/lsof

Examples:

1. To list all the open files

$ lsof

2. To get the lsof help

$ lsof -h
$ lsof –help

$ lsof -?

3. To list files for processes starting with specified character

$ lsof -cs

 4. To avoid kernel functions

$ lsof -b

5. To disable the reporting of any path name components

$ lsof -C

6. To  search for all open instances of directory s

$ lsof +ds

7. To list of file descriptors (FDs) to exclude from or include in the output

$ lsof -ds

8. To to search for all open instances of directory D and all  the  files  and directories it contains to its complete depth

$ lsof +D D

9. To directs lsof’s use of the device cache file

$ lsof -D D

10. To  specifies a character list

$ lsof -F f

11. To selects the listing of files for the processes  whose  optional  process group  IDentification  (PGID)  numbers  are  in  the  comma-separated  set

$ lsof -g s

12. To the listing of files any of whose Internet address matches the address specified

$ lsof -i i

13. To specifies a kernel name list file,

$ lsof -k k

14. To conversion of user ID numbers to login names

$ lsof -l

15. To enables  (â+â)  or  disables (â-â) the listing of file link counts

$ lsof -L l
$ lsof +L l 

16. To specifies an alternate kernel memory file or activates mount table supplement processing.

$ lsof -m m
$ lsof +m m 

17. To Enables (+) or disables (-) the reporting of portmapper registrations

$ lsof -M
$ lsof +M 

18. To inhibits the conversion  of  network  numbers  to  host  names  for  network  files.

$ lsof -n

19. To selects the listing of NFS files

$ lsof -n

20. To display file offset at all times

$ lsof -o

21. To define the number of decimal digits (o) to be printed after the ââ0tââ for

$ lsof -o o

22. To directs  lsof to bypass the strategy it uses to avoid being blocked by some kernel operations

$ lsof -O

23. To excludes or selects the listing of files for the processes

$ lsof -p s

24. To option inhibits the conversion of port numbers to port names for network files

$ lsof -P

25. To puts lsof in repeat mode

$ lsof +r
$ lsof -r 

26. To directs lsof to display file size at all times

$ lsof -s

27. To controls  the  reporting of some TCP/TPI information

$ lsof -T

28. To specifies that lsof should produce terse output with process identifiers

$ lsof -t

29. To selects the listing of files for the user whose login names or user ID  numbers

$ lsof -u s

30. To selects the listing of UNIX domain socket files

$ lsof -U

31. To selects the listing of lsof version information

$ lsof -v

 32. To directs lsof to indicate the items it was asked to list

$ lsof -V 

33. To Enables (+) or disables (-) the suppression of warning messages

$ lsof -w
$ lsof +w 

To specifies  how  SELinux  security  contexts are to be handled

$ lsof -Z z 


Related Commands: access, awk, crash, fattach, ff, fstat, fuser, gethostname, isprint, kill, localtime, lstat, modload, mount, netstat, ofiles, perl, ps, readlink, setlocale, stat, strftime, time, uname. 

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